Curriculum:
Across our curriculum from year 7 onwards we value the development of soft skills, and this is a core foundation of each subject’s building of curriculum. Subjects will draw these out as part of their lesson plans and encourage students to reflect on their progress in areas such as collaboration, research, oracy, and organisation. These sorts of skills are then able to be linked to career paths and students can use this to aid their personal target setting. In addition our Head of careers works with each Faculty to give insights into the latest developments in the working world and support the curriculum references to careers and soft skills.
Guidance mentoring:
All our Year 11 students are allocated a senior member of staff who meets regularly with the (and their parents) to discuss Sixth Form pathways and aspirations beyond school to help guide them in their decisions.
Service Learning:
Mount House emphases the role of volunteering and thinking of others. Our students are all encouraged to volunteer inside school or in the wider community. This includes some outreach with local primary schools. In particular this is a requirement of the IB Career-Related Programme in Sixth Form. The benefits of Service Learning are huge and especially allow students to develop and reflect on both soft skills and seeing communities through different lenses. This is all overseen by our Head of Service Learning.
